defixit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defigo, defigere, defixi, defixus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/bury/stick/thrust (weapon); fasten, fix, plant, embed; attach/affix;; declare firmly/unalterably; bewitch/enchant/curse (stick pin in wax);; focus (thoughts/eyes); dumbfound, astonish/stupefy, fix w/glance; censure;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...steterat iam pectore Pollux. tum pavor et gelidus defixit Castora sanguis, nam nec ad Elei pugnam videt..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...latos populos, sic vertice caeli constitit, et Libyae defixit lumina regnis. Atque illum talis iactantem pectore curas tristior..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...misero carmen et herba nocent, sagave poenicea defixit nomina cera et medium tenuis in iecur egit acus? carmine..."Amores II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...mihi turpe putem? Ut tamen iratos in te defixit ocellos, vidi te totis erubuisse genis; at quanto..."Liber XXI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul obiecta res oculis animisque immobiles parumper eos defixit; deinde, ut trepidationem in angustiis suoque ipsum tumultu misceri..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...servitutem. Primo stupor omnes admiratione rei tam atrocis defixit; silentium inde aliquamdiu tenuit. Dein cum M. Claudius, circumstantibus..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...miscet; sed silentium triste ac tacita maestitia ita defixit omnium animos, ut prae metu obliti quid relinquerent, quid..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...duobus cum liberis, feralem urnam tenens, egressa navi defixit oculos, idem omnium gemitus; neque discerneres proximos alienos, virorum..."